As this relates to CCC, the rat I smelled was the possibility that the architect that designed the computer room at CCC where the servers were located had positioned the cooling units directly over these particular servers, and either the condensate drain line had plugged up or the condensate pump had failed, and the condensate drain pan filled up and overflowed, dripping water onto the servers, thus destroying them.
I did a little snooping around and found the CCC cooling unit in question had a little condensate pump that failed. AND Holland & Hamrick Architects had designed the room and located the cooling units above the servers.
Folks, this was no accident. It is clearly a mistake or oversight, representing shoddy workmanship by the Holland & Hamrick Architects, of which Greg Melton is one of the architects.
More examples of shoddy workmanship by the Holland & Hamrick Architects on Cleveland County projects include the specifications for the new Health Department as well as the new North Shelby School Project. In both of these projects the Holland & Hamrick construction documents specify obsolete and inefficient HVAC chillers. Such chillers are the single biggest and most costly piece of equipment in the HVAC system and the construction documents specify equipment that use a banned refrigerant and controls that are inefficient and prone to fail prematurely.
In the case of the Health Department, I brought this situation up to County Manager Jeff Richardson. Richardson was angry because I brought up the problem. Next thing I know I look at the construction documents for the new North Shelby School Project and find the same problem-obsolete and inefficient chillers were specified. I brought this up to the entire School Board and again nothing was done to make Holland & Hamrick update their specifications. Apparently Holland & Hamrick cuts corners by issuing the same old obsolete specifications for County projects to maximize their profits and nobody does anything about it.
Other issues with county building construction projects involve the building foundation soil that require additional work and millions in additional costs. Shelby Middle School, the new Health Department and the new North Shelby School Project come to mind. Reports about Shelby Middle School indicate the floors developed major cracks within the first year. Also, outside flooding and stranding water in certain areas are reported after heavy rains-lots of soil erosion too. Roof leaks at the new Health Department. Cost overruns in about every project. The loud roaring noise in the auditorium in the Central Offices about every time the HVAC kicks in during a school board meeting, yet Holland & Hamrick gets the job for the auditoriums at Burns and Crest High Schools.
